Coconut recipes and silly question

[Guest guest]

Lynne,

 

I wouldn't use a machete on a mature coconut, unless you are using

the back of the machete, much like you can use the back of a meat

cleaver as described here:

 

How to open a mature coconut (I'll be adding photos later)

http://www.thenaughtyvegan.com/coconut.htm

 

I also explain how I remove the " meat " at the above link.

You can drink the mature water, depending on how fresh it is. The

young coconut water tends to taste better and there is more water in

the young coconut.

 

For opening a young coconut (Thai coconut), I explain it here:

 

How to open a young coconut:

http://www.thenaughtyvegan.com/youngcoconut.htm

 

 

Jeff

 

 

> I asked the produce man at the Wild Oats today, and he said I would

> have

> to use a machete to open it. Then he said " Or you could just bang

> it on

> the ground! " When I asked about the " liquid " or " milk, " he said that

> you can't consume THAT milk, because it's an OLD coconut, and the milk

> is BAD. He said to just throw it away. He also said to take a butter

> knife and scrape off the " meat " of the coconut, shred it with a

> grater,

> and then squeeze the juice out of it. Then I'll have my coconut milk

> for my smoothie.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

The bean seeds are the best tasting, but I also use organic pure

vanilla extract when I run out of beans.

They're expensive... but SO good!

 

On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Lynne Moore wrote:

 

> Thanks so much, Jeff, Elchanan, and Wisteria,

> I ran off the directions for opening a coconut, and plan to do it

> tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be using the " milk " and the " meat " for my

> smoothie. I just have to find some vanilla beans somewhere. Would

> organic vanilla extract work as well as the scrapings from a

> vanilla bean?

> Thanks,

> Lynne